Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-03-06
mn. GLADsT0sE ASD L0CHsEET
HALL.

II there IL one quality more than
another for which Mr.. oladssone IL
eminent Il is bis many sidsdnsss and
bis amiable liberation Of views and
opinions In notorious conflict with his
oWn. Without being consciously hypo-
critical ho oaa apparently reconcile In
bis oWn accommodating temperament ex-
preasions Of sentiment which to him, Of
all other men, should seem meet spe-
eially FeI uRnant. Added TO this, he has
aknaos OF seiainR on and eppropriaiina
whatever he likes in 40 opponents dis
course and Of being silent Absut the
disaRreeable part altogether. He is OF o
OF that GLASS Of people Who. while en-
deavoTinR 10 eonciliAte everJ body aud
be ell things to all meD. raise more enc
niles in The coarse Of their lives than do
the most consistent villains. He Il not
good batter" We fear. and for the very
same reason We doubt whether be Il a
very good lover either.
The author Of "Jnveaius Muudi'' has
never had much hold on tbs hearts Of
hts eeuntrymen Aad while be is admit.
teddy more honest and ocRscientiouS
than Lord Beasonsnsld, II vas the latter
shat vas lsved most dearly. Rsspso.
and admiration Mr.. Gladstone wilI
always have fTom bis ooanirymsn. bat
be is TOO versatile and many sided 10
attract much real affection. Ensli b
people like their heroes 60 have some
failinss. and hence the comparative non
popularity among them Of Mr.. Glad
stone, whom bic worst enemies admit
never 10 have dene q dlshoporahle act
In his life. Moreover. the optimistic
east Of ell his latter day ustarinss are 10
such striking sOnsras, With the sad facts
that disaRreeabls ring Of iasinceflty
is impaired to The former which makes
even his admirers distrast him.
One Of The latest proofs be has given
OF bis insincsEity and OF bis trek OF
evading awkward msFals IL bis review
In The pages Of the NiastssniA Csafsry
Of Lord TennysoR's later "Loeksley
Hall" Anybody Who reads thu, poem
through will peFoievs In 10 . doleiul
spiri. Of psssimism pointing The sDoral
that man 10 9 heartlsss ard erasl
monster, that bis civilization is q failure
and bis destiny hopeless. Prom hrsi 20
last, there is hardly q Rleam OF eomfos,
10 redeem the gloomy strain which runs
through all ia stamina Yea Mr.. Glsd
siens sees nothing 10 IL bot good, and
Affects 10 read between lie lines q history
Of the progress uhieh has animated bis
eountFymen daring the Last sixty ysAra
II is significant that be qaoies very
little Of u 10 support him In his view,
while Of the old and more optimistic
"Loesslsy Hall" be quotes a. least BALI
adossn stAnEas.
Americans viii want 10 know Who is
right IN this matter. Mt. Gladstone or
Lord TeDnysOn, Zoe the visss vhich
these distinguished msn entertain Of
the ceadition Of their telIow eoantry.
men are directly antagonists. notuish.
standing the efforts Of the nr.s "a "a
Rentlemsn 10 maize them appear other
wise. Mr.. Gladssonc's criticism GA shis
poem h really no criticism At ali. bat q
bold and clever attempt 10 divert the
readers sttsRtion from the sAdnsss o,
the maitor by The sabstiiatisa in IL,
place Of les Of rosy solared tshleasx
Who Is rishs9 90 tie Whole, ws shipk
Mt. Glads,one is, although il uoulA have
been mere ese&isAhls 90 bin haa be
faced the disieals'es II bis task sopessly
asd net 10 the she fi,az spirit Re D..
dane. II is aid shAl ever Slso wss
paid the right hOnorat esatlenAa for
the article 10 question. n this Is 81,
AID kno~ing tse veteran palitisiau'.
han@ssy. We woodef he's b. eoald ssu.
10 aSceps a.
Asto the poem ltsslf. IL il posF ssua
aud while 10 Fascss there are signs q,
ne fsrGe troU Stisa is vas uroagas.
posssrity uill Haubes q snoag tss
laareaie's most oshspry saorss hardly
a 10 enter into so0Psaisioa vita u =
gutter sdaai0aa 81 PostAsssss bks Mr..
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